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by sseagull 2y ago
Oh man did I screw that up. You are right of course, just kind of skipped over the “elastic” part and completely messed up the billiards example. Thanks for the correction. (Also, how does a “throwaway” account get that much karma??)
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by sseagull 2y ago
> When they collide at 50mph, each car will bounce backwards at 50mph This is the incorrect part. They would both go to zero velocity/momentum. Momentum is a vector quantity, so has a direction and magnitude. Two identical cars with
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by sseagull 2y ago
Along with the other answers: Imagine the two cars hitting each other in a (unrealistically) symmetric, mirror image way. Where they hit is a plane that neither car crosses. That is your immovable wall, it’s just both cars experience it.
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by sseagull 2y ago
Slightly OT, but from the article… > It sounds like Homer Simpson’s fever dream A donut-shaped universe was explicitly mentioned in The Simpsons, in an episode with Stephen Hawking https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mje7frMYzcY
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by sseagull 2y ago
Ah I see. I guess that came across as criticizing your terminology, but it was more aimed at the general hype around those reverse-engineering articles, which seemed a bit over the top to me :) Either way, I'm holding off on buying one
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by sseagull 2y ago
I have only been somewhat paying attention, but there were lots of stories about someone "cracking" the implementation of Recall and getting access to the locally-stored database. The criticism is that it is easily accessible, but
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by sseagull 2y ago
> clearly not very well designed and implemented if it took days for it to be cracked on the internet for everyone to see I really don't understand this line of thinking. What was cracked? That the database is readable, unencrypted?
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by sseagull 2y ago
If I can be charitable, I think they mean a different computer than one you usually use (that doesn’t have the SSH key already in authorized_keys). Spouses computer, etc.
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by sseagull 2y ago
If the main security complaint (at the moment) is that the locally-stored data is easily accessible to an attacker, how does openrecall solve that? Wouldn’t its db be as vulnerable?
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by sseagull 2y ago
Partly. But also because it's just a way to make more money. If you make X from payments, and you can make Y from ads, then X+Y > X. You might lose some people, but probably not many - we've been conditioned to really accept ad
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by sseagull 2y ago
"Student" syndrome? Have they never met a professor? Or most academics? They are the kings of waiting until the last minute. Signed, an academic working on an article that was due last month :)
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by sseagull 2y ago
> EU legislation on power chords Regular major and minor chords were unaffected though :) (I actually started reading this comment as a pun, as in "The EU can regulate music streaming - they already regulated power chords", and
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by sseagull 2y ago
It was in the presentation. Starting at 17:00 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/event “We leverage the power of the NPU to ensure content stays on your device, which makes the experience fast and maintains your privacy”
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by sseagull 2y ago
I think this is the classic introvert/extravert axis. Introverts are chronically overstimulated, and seek to reduce stimulation. Extraverts are under-stimulated, and therefore work better with even more stimulation.
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by sseagull 2y ago
You are generally correct, however there are workloads that do use larger portions of a supercomputer that wouldn't be feasible on smaller systems. Also, I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "smaller systems that focus more
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by sseagull 2y ago
Hang around HN enough and you will realize that the root cause of all societal (and most non-societal) problems is suburbia, and that if everyone would just live in cities we could finally reach the ultimate utopia.
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by sseagull 2y ago
I dunno how far south you mean, but we see it in SW Virginia (which is outside the forecast zones that I’ve seen).
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by sseagull 2y ago
Maybe by developers. But the public certainly calls them pop-ups https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22newsletter%20pop%2D...
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by sseagull 2y ago
Deja vu? I did start to type this as a response elsewhere, but never submitted it. And there’s nothing in my comment history. So my theory is “great minds think alike” :)
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by sseagull 2y ago
Kinda funny that browsers have built-in pop-up blockers, but then create APIs like this. Yes I know the difference, but still. I’m old enough to remember the pop-up and pop-under wars of the late 90s and early 2000s. I guess we won that par
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by sseagull 2y ago
I have a Surface Pro and really like it. But for sure it is 100% a compromise experience, especially on the tablet side. But part of it was reconditioning myself; the “proper tablet experience” largely comes from limitations of what they le
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by sseagull 2y ago
> It's that it's scientific and systematic (and not e.g. arbitrary and subjective Care to enlighten us on a better way? We have people who need help right now, not when (or even if) we find some sort of objective test. Just bec
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by sseagull 2y ago
Technically you might owe taxes, depending on the jurisdiction, but of course most people ignore it. It does hit professional athletes, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_tax
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by sseagull 2y ago
If someone takes out more than they can pay back, it’s their problem. If millions of people do it, there is a systemic problem that needs addressing. It can be both things at once.
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by sseagull 3y ago
Not sure why the downvotes. The RSS feed for Axios does indeed include the entire story. Check for yourself: https://api.axios.com/feed/top/ It's very convenient to have that all incorporated into your RSS re
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by sseagull 3y ago
I think this take is not really correct, althouth it is the “modern” way RSS is used. You can have the content in the RSS feeds, and some sites do (I am pretty sure axios does this). I think what really prevents this is the ad-driven web, a
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by sseagull 3y ago
In what area of science would it take only a week or two to replicate? It might take several days to a week of literature review just to fully understand the problem. Then you might need equipment, chemicals, cultures, etc. Then depending o
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by sseagull 3y ago
I've long held that belief. But doing so is very technical and political, and not fun. Turns out what is more fun is to create a new language and rewrite the whole ecosystem. So a lot of the energy is going there instead. Programming i
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by sseagull 3y ago
Does your perception of the song change depending on who the artist is? What would you think of the piece if the artist was a young girl? A grown Turkish man? Someone who is deaf? A neo-Nazi Holocaust denier? A rich businessman using AI and
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by sseagull 3y ago
Yeah, I regularly see (and attend) talks on reproducibility, repeatability, and replicability. It’s a problem in some areas, but not exactly hidden away. It is openly discussed and people are actively seeking solutions.

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